It will pass
Hello I just want to say keep up the fight, I'm still in my first week and have frequent cravings to smoke. It's very hard but dying prematurely will be harder, I love the fact I'm doing it cold turkey , I've always resorted to patches and whilst they are great, I now know I used them as a nicotine aid, I pretended to be a non smoker with them, I went to work with a patch on - saw family and friends with a patch on trying to give the impression I had successfully quit years before. The trutoh is I have used the patch to stop but have not stayed stopped - then I've got in a nasty habit of wearing patches everywhere unless I was home alone and then I would chain smoke. So I was even more addicted to nicotine then ever. I have wanted to quit for over five years, and managed 18months but that was way back in 2012 so really I have smoking my head off for the last five years, and wearing a patch at work or if I wanted to be smoke free. It's cost a lot of money too as not only smokes expensive but so are patches. You may ask well why are you serious this time.? Well my brother who is younger than me was very lucky to survive a heart attack last week and my sister who is the same age had a heart attack a year ago, the dr has said in both cases it was because of smoking- they have survived but it could of been worse, my sister stopped smoking immediately and is going great with 13months as an exsmoker - she was also one person I lied too about my smoking. My brother is in his first week and is trying very hard not to smoke, and is recovering from his heart attack - he has a long way to go to get better, but staying smoke free will give many more years to live. It was such a shock so I told him that's it for me and threw all my patches and smokes out. It's early days and I am looking forward to easier times when I hardly think of smoking - I just need to be patient and know I've really got no choice anymore unless I want a heart attack this year which I don't.
Hi Puffingno, welcome to the site. Sorry to hear about your family health issues. Yes, when you have a good reason to quit you can certainly become determined no matter what the odds. I been quit 8mths and smoked for 52yrs until copd started setting in and uncomfortable walking up gradients. I took my doctor's advice and said "the party is over" i am not 20yrs old any longer. Hard because you do crave the buggers but does get minimal for me at this time. Anyway stick to your guns and remember all the negatives that smoking offers. Keep posting along the way...it helps you and others. Cheers.
So many reasons to quit, and very few if any, to continue smoking. Make yourself a list of pro's and cons. The pro's will far outweigh the cons trust me! Then work on one day at a time. The further along you go the more determined you'll be...I would tell myself I love smoking, but in reality I didn't. I was a slave to nicotine and it was controlling me. Now I'm in control and refuse to succumb to any temptation from the evil nico. I think about cigarettes but I don't want one (if that makes sense). I just feel cleaner without them. And trips to the supermarket still amaze me when I'm not forking out heaps of money for cigarettes on top of my groceries. I actually feel sorry for people when I see them buying cigs now. Such a waste of good hard earned cash. Thankfully I have no health issues such as you're experiencing with your family, but if I'd continued smoking I'm pretty sure my luck would eventually run out. Stick to your guns, give nico the flick and count your blessings. Also, come onto this forum daily for the support and motivation that I found so helpful and still do. 53 days smoke free and $1000 better off!
It will pass good work! I quit on 12 March 2017 and was a closet smoker as well! It is so hard to keep up the lie. I feel great. This is about my 100th time quitting but I feel like this time is different. It has to be.
Hi Puffingno,
Firstly, really very sorry to hear of your families
health problems! Good luck with your
journey. We all have every reason to stop and
every reason to remain smoke free.
This is my first quit attempt and I'm Day
6. I'm using patches for now but only
for around 12 hours a day and they are
helping me. Who knows, in the near
future I may just toss them but for now
anything that will help from not lighting
up is a good thing. Be very proud you've
come this far.